Navy SEALS is a shoot 'em up platform video game developed and published by Ocean Software. It was first released in the United Kingdom for the Amstrad CPC, Amstrad GX4000 and Commodore 64 in 1990. It was later re-released in the rest of Europe for the ZX Spectrum, Atari ST and Amiga home computers in the following year. It was then ported to the Game Boy on 1 September 1991 in the United States. The game is based on the film of the same name and follows the protagonist, Lieutenant Dale Hawkins, progressing through five side-scrolling levels.
The game was developed by Ocean Software, in which they were renowned for creating video games related to their respective films. Navy SEALS focuses on Hawkins recovering caches of Stinger missiles from Arab soldiers in the Middle East. The game received positive reviews upon release, with critics mainly praising the graphics, presentation and challenging gameplay. However, criticism was directed at the ZX Spectrum port, which received disapproval over its monochrome graphics.
Lethal Xcess is a shoot 'em up game developed by two members of demo crew X-Troll and published by Eclipse Software in 1991 for the Atari ST and Amiga. It is a sequel to 1990's Wings of Death, in which its wizard hero goes into far future to fight the descentants of the evil witch that he has conquered in the first game. Despite having been acclaimed by critics, the game was a commercial failure.
This Hi-Tec Mega game puts a highly advanced and extremely will equipped aircraft at your disposal.
At your disposal is a range of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons with which you can destroy the might of the enemy forces, its aircraft, ships and ground installations.
All your skill at the controls will be needed, moving Black Hornet in three dimensions, to avoid or destroy enemies and missiles, whilst ensuring that the aircraft does not collide with the terrain.
Armalyte: The Final Run, like its C64 namesake, is a traditional side-scrolling shoot'em up heavily inspired by R-Type, giving the player's spaceship the task of traversing five levels. The starting setup is a simple forward-facing shot as well as a power shot that must be charged by holding on to the fire button. Upgrades are a forward-facing three-way, a vertical two-way, or the addition of a single backwards shot (only one of the three at time). Also available are pods that attach to the ship and fire a forwards laser, and, only in the final level, self-homing missiles.
The levels not only feature many enemy formations, but also environmental hazards, like drops of acid or falling stalactites. On one occasion, the scrolling speeds up, making the level a hazard course. Each stage ends with the customary end boss.
Alive and killing! Penetrate the living hell that is Amnios. Counter your comparatively diminutive ship against the merciless might of ten living, breathing planets in an audacious endeavor to rescue imprisoned members of your own persuasion.
Pick up indigenous DNA and utilize it to fabricate enhanced weaponry to abet your pestilential quest.
Aw, forget the bull! Just get in there and save the world!
Extreme is a fast-paced action game for the ZX Spectrum that pits players against alien pirates across three diverse environments. Players navigate through space, underwater, and a building interior, each section offering unique gameplay mechanics and challenges. Despite its modest origins as a spare-time project, the game boasts impressive graphics and special effects for its platform. The compact adventure can be completed in about 20 minutes, delivering an intense, varied experience that showcases the Spectrum's capabilities.
Action game by U.S. Gold, released in conjunction with The Godfather III movie. The game starts off in 1940s New York, but spans a number of decades that mirror the events in the famous movie trilogy. Stages include Las Vegas in the '50s, where you execute a vendetta against opposing family hoods, a confrontation in Cuba, Miami in the '70s, and a final conflict in urban America in the '80s. Fend off enemy gangs and succeed at working towards piece with all the rival families.
SWIV is a vertical scrolling shooter and an unofficial follow-up to Sales Curve's conversion of the side scroller Tecmo arcade game Silkworm.
One player controls a helicopter and the other a jeep, with the jeep transforming into a boat when the vehicles pass over water. As well as a host of blaster fodder the game also includes a mid-level enemy inspired by the "Goose" enemy from the earlier title Silkworm. Pieces of this enemy would fly onto the screen and assemble into one vehicle before commencing to fire at the players' vehicles. When destroyed the "goose" would drop power-ups.
The year is 3151. The human race is under threat from the Cardiac Beam- the latest and most deadly invention of the Cardiaxx Empire. Piloting the new breed of Starfighter- designed purely for neck-breaking speed and agility... your mission is Confront and Destroy. Your cutting edge is provided by an onboard computer that has hacked into the enemy defense systems giving you audio warnings of their movements.
Have you the skill, reflexes and the will to survive as you fly into the Cardiaxx zone?
A horizontal shoot-em-up in the vein of Silkworm; you fly a plane (a 'White Shark' no less) across various terrains killing baddies. The reason this game stands out the most is its innovative attempt at a weapons system, which allows the player to choose from up to 37 million weapon combinations(!).
You've landed in a space station only to discover it is overrun by alien life. You must complete the missions in each floor in order to advance to the next. Make good use of you ammo and don't run out of health!
Falchion is an ace pilot in the Space Defense Force, and the pilot of a space ship known as Divine. On his way back to his home planet, daydreaming about girls, Divine's computer picks up a transmission from a nearby planet. Answering the transmission, it turns out to be a distress call from a beautiful woman on the Water Planet. "Save me..." she pleads, "and I will lend you my power." Falchion, lonely bachelor in space that he is, can't say no to a pretty face, and flies off towards the Water Planet.
GG Aleste is a game in Compile's Aleste series of shoot-'em-ups for the Sega Game Gear. It was only released in Japan and is one of the few Compile Game Gear games published by Compile rather than Sega.